feeling listless

Literature Tony Parsons is turned down for a role in the TV adaptation of his own novel: "Filming begins on the BBC television production of my novel, Man and Boy. I was hoping for a small part as a taxi-driver, and have been secretly rehearsing. ‘Is he bothering you, miss?’ ‘Where to, darling?’ I can do that. Gissa role. But the producer tells me that they can’t get the insurance for me to drive the stars around — Ioan Gruffudd as Harry, Natasha Little as Gina and the American actress, Elizabeth Mitchell from ER, as Cyd. Instead I am to play Diner at the Ivy. ‘What’s my motivation in that scene?’ I ask the producer. ‘Well,’ she says, ‘you might get off with Sophie Dahl.’ " Witty little column... which leads me to an observation...